Spokane Police Shooting

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A team from the Spokane County sheriff'soffice, Washington State Patrol and Spokane police is investigatingthe fatal police shooting of a suicidal man in Spokane who wasarmed with a shotgun. Police say the 45-year-old man had made suicidal threats Mondayat his place of work. He took off when police arrived and rolledhis van at an intersection in the city's lower South Hillneighborhood. A SWAT team and negotiators responded. Spokeswoman Jennifer DeRuwe told The Spokesman-Review officers fired because the man posed a riskto the community.